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08 May 2019, 5:51 PM

Hearing in Telangana exam fiasco case adjourned to May 15

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday adjourned, to May 15, the hearing in the case relating to goof-ups by the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) in the results of the Intermediate exams.

The court adjourned the hearing after the board informed it that it needed another week to declare results of re-counting and re-verification of answer sheets of over three lakh students who failed to obtain pass marks.

The BIE said that the process of re-verification was still on and it would provide all details to the court in a week.

08 May 2019, 5:43 PM

Duchess and Duke of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with baby boy at Windsor Castle

The Duchess and Duke of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with their baby boy for the first time, at Windsor Castle, UK.

08 May 2019, 5:38 PM

Moscow urges signatories of Iran nuclear deal to 'fulfil obligations'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday called on signatories to abide by the Iran nuclear deal, during a press conference in Moscow with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

"I believe the only practical steps that need to be taken in order to resolve the situation... is to convince all remaining participants to fulfil their obligations," he said.

Lavrov said the 2015 deal had been "fragile" since US President Donald Trump announced Washington would pull out a year ago.

European signatories of the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), were trying to "divert attention" from their inability to implement points of the agreement, Lavrov said.


08 May 2019, 4:32 PM

Five maoists killed during an encounter in Koraput, Odisha

Five maoists, including three women maoists, killed in an encounter in Padua Forest area of Koraput District near Andhra Pradesh border.

08 May 2019, 3:54 PM

Fire breaks out near Vardhman Mall in Bawana

Fire breaks out at a plastic factory near Vardhman Mall in Bawana, fire tenders present at the spot, no casualties reported


08 May 2019, 3:34 PM

Terrorists fire upon two civilians in J&K's Shopian

Suspected terrorists Wednesday shot at and injured two civilians in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The ultras shot at two civilians at Zainapora in Shopian, resulting in injuries to them, a police official said. He said both the injured persons have been shifted to a hospital.

Further details are awaited.

08 May 2019, 2:14 PM

All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference holds protest in Jammu against the killings of Sarpanches

All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference holds protest in Jammu against the killings of Sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir, demand security to Sarpanches and NIA investigation into the killings.


08 May 2019, 2:07 PM

Young woman shot dead in Uttarakhand

A young woman was shot dead by unidentified assailants in front of her apartment, police said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred on Sahastradhara Road when Rehana alias Samarjahan, 23, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, was returning home after closing her boutique late on Tuesday.

As soon as Rehana reached outside her flat, the car-borne gunmen fired two shots at her. Eyewitnesses said she ran nearly 500 meters before collapsing.

She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead. No one has been arrested so far as the assailants fled the scene, said Shweta Chuabe, the Superintendent of Police (City).

08 May 2019, 2:04 PM

10 killed in suicide blast outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Lahore

A suicide bomber targeting Pakistani security personnel blew himself up outside a revered Sufi shrine in Punjab province on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks Ramzan.

The powerful blast took place around 8:45 am (local time) outside Gate number 2 of the Data Darbar shrine, the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia, where the elite police personnel were deployed for security after a suicide attack in 2010, police said.

The condition of four policemen is stated to be critical.

Punjab Inspector General Police Arif Nawaz told reporters that it was a suicide attack and 7kg of explosives were used in the blast.


08 May 2019, 1:26 PM

One killed and one injured as house collapses in Kurla, Mumbai

One dead and one injured after a part of a house collapsed in Pathan Chawl, Qureshi Nagar, Kurla (East), earlier on Wednesday

08 May 2019, 12:47 PM

Loud explosion rattles Kabul, casualties feared: police

A large blast rocked central Kabul on Wednesday, sending a plume of black smoke over the city, police confirmed, in the latest explosion to hit the war-torn city as Afghanistan observes the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

"I can confirm an explosion in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul. We are checking the details," Ferdaws Framurz, a spokesman for the city's police force, told AFP


08 May 2019, 10:51 AM

SC makes it clear that final National Register of Citizens of Assam has to be published by July 31 this year

08 May 2019, 10:38 AM

15 people injured, 8 in critical condition

SP Lahore city division Syed Ghazanfar Shah said that out of the 15 people injured in the blast, eight are in critical condition and the wounded have been admitted to the Mayo Hospital, reported Dawn

Three police officials died in the blast, a security guard and a resident were also among the dead, Deputy Inspector General Operations Lahore Ashfaq Ahmad Khan was quoted as saying by the Geo News.

At least 24 people are being treated for injuries, some of whom are in critical condition, he added.

"The target of the suicide bomber was the vehicle of the Elite Force that was stationed outside the shrine of Sufi saint Ali Hajvari commonly known as Data Darbar," Nawaz said.

He said the suicide bomber came closer to the police personnel vehicle and blew himself up, killing five of them and injuring other four critically. One security guard and two citizens are among the dead, he said.


08 May 2019, 10:19 AM

Visuals outside Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan

08 May 2019, 9:58 AM

Blast outside Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan, four killed

Pakistani police say a bomb targeting security forces guarding a Sufi shrine in the city of Lahore kills four of which three are police official and 18 injured. A vehicle carrying personnel of the Elite Force of Punjab Police was targeted, sources said. Rescue teams have reached the site of the blast, the report said. However, the nature of the explosion has yet to be ascertained.


08 May 2019, 9:47 AM

Jet Airways employees hold a protest at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai

08 May 2019, 9:43 AM

Pakistan arrests 34 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters

Pakistan has arrested 34 Indian fishermen for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters, nearly 10 days after releasing 60 prisoners from India as a goodwill gesture, officials said on Wednesday.

The fishermen, arrested on Tuesday, have been handed over to the police, a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency spokesman said.


08 May 2019, 9:31 AM

IAF aircraft overshoots runway at Mumbai airport

An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft overshot the main runway while departing from the Mumbai airport on Tuesday night, an official said.

Due to the incident, aircraft movement was diverted to the secondary runway, the official of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said on Wednesday.

"We confirm that an Air Force aircraft departing from the Mumbai airport had runway excursion at 11.39 pm on Tuesday," the official said.

08 May 2019, 9:20 AM

Iran prepares to withdraw from parts of nuclear deal

Iran on Wednesday will announce it is partially withdrawing from the nuclear deal it struck with world powers, its state-run news agency reported, a year to the day that President Donald Trump pulled America from the accord.

The terms of the withdrawal remain unclear, though the IRNA news agency said President Hassan Rouhani will explain Iran's decision in letters to leaders of Britain, France and Germany that will be handed to ambassadors in Tehran.


08 May 2019, 8:34 AM

US stocks tumble on trade war fears, Dow ends -1.8%

Wall Street stocks tumbled amid renewed trade war fears on Tuesday, joining other leading bourses in selling off amid signs Washington and Beijing are moving further from an agreement.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.8 per cent to 25,965.09. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.7 per cent to 2,884.05, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 2.0 per cent to 7,963.76.

08 May 2019, 8:29 AM

2 naxals killed during an encounter with security forces in Dantewada

Two naxals were killed in an exchange of fire with a joint team of DRG and STF in Gonderas jungle in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada. One INSAS rifle, one 12 Bore weapon with ammunition and other incriminating materials were recovered. The patrolling team was moving through Gonderas, located along the border of Dantewada-Sukma districts, when a group of the ultras fired at them, leading to the gun-battle, he said. After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of two Maoists, including a woman, were recovered from the spot along with an Insas rifle and a 12 bore gun, the DIG said.

SP Dantewada Abhishek Pallava says, "District Reserve Guard female commandos “Danteshwari Ladake” also took part in this encounter".

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